Susceptibility to auditory closed-loop stimulation of sleep slow oscillations changes with age

• Published in: Sleep (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 43; no. 12; p. 1
• Main Authors: Schneider, Jules, Lewis, Penelope A, Koester, Dominik, Born, Jan, Ngo, Hong-Viet V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Age; Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience of Sleep; Comparative analysis; Electroencephalography; Humans; Memory Consolidation; Middle Aged; Sleep; Sleep, Slow-Wave; United Kingdom; Germany; sleep; ageing; sleep spindles; auditory closed-loop stimulation; memory; slow oscillations

Abstract Study Objectives Cortical slow oscillations (SOs) and thalamocortical sleep spindles hallmark slow wave sleep and facilitate memory consolidation, both of which are reduced with age. Experiments utilizing auditory closed-loop stimulation to enhance these oscillations showed great potential...